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KJV

2 Esdras 5:2

But iniquity shall be increased above that which now thou seest, or that thou hast heard long ago.

Parallel Translations

WEBView canonical →
Iniquity will be increased above what now you see, and beyond what you have heard long ago.
World English Bible
GNV1560View canonical →
And *iniquitie shalbe increased more then thou hast sene now, or hast heard in time past.
Geneva Bible (1560) Apocrypha